Accuphase vs Luxman

Is it noisy?

Ad says: Luxman just inspected .... photo of receipt for just under $400. usd; and it has not been played since.

I would want seller to hook it up, play it, test for any noise, confirm it is completely silent, in writing as a condition of the sale.

I am about to sell my Fisher 500C Receiver, it WAS dead quiet after I overhauled it, zero hum or noise in any of the controls. I have to confirm that is still true as I let it sit around a while after VAS aligned the FM tuner for me.

I’m gonna test all the tubes again, hook it into my main system, alternate to the Cayin A88T which is dead quiet (as is my mx110z tube tuner/preamp), and buyer can come listen to it, I’m not going to ship it. I’m between NYC and Philadelphia, someone can come here for it.

From everything I have read from reviews and user opinions, Sound-wise, Accuphase is preferred over Luxman.  Probably like Lexas over Toyota, both give solid performance but...

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2841538

Glad to meet someone from Toronto!

The C-3800 was introduced in 2010, replaced by the C-3850 in 2015, and then the C-3900 in 2020.  Accuphase is replacing the C-3900 with the C-3900S as of October 2025.  The C-2900 was introduced more recently - I think around 2022ish?

Accuphase makes incremental improvements to its products and releases a new model every 5 or 6 years.  Accuphase is a small company of fewer than 100 employees that only makes 5-6000 components annually - all assembled by hand with strict quality control and obsessive attention to detail.  They have 26 engineers on staff working on R&D (and I imagine quality control) etc.

Accuphase makes incredible power supplies - I have a PS-530 and a PS-1250 for my amps.  They clean up the crappy power with high distortion in may old downtown neighbourhood and regenerate perfect AC with very little THD.  A PS-550 would work well in your system.  When I had an A-48 amp I had it plugged into the PS-530 and it made a huge difference.

So, pre-amp and power supplies are areas to explore for potential improvements to your system, and Accuphase offers some good options.

@fire_water 

As far treating room, checkout Q7D Diffusor for your bare walls and first reflections,
https://www.gikacoustics.com/product/q7d-diffuser/

@lalitk I actually saw this site Gika Acoustics that you mentioned late last night actually.  I'm not sure if they ship to Ontario Canada.

But I stumbled across this local company closer to home.  It's in Ajax Ontario about 45 minutes north of Toronto.  This lady makes these incredible wood diffusers! All custom and very unique!

https://woodblocks.design/?amp